The Dillon tribune., 1887-07-15
-,r NEWSPAPERS or FRANCE.
c,;pions Of the 7"" Mr. '"lfzs's
The opa.;Ie,ly Different Ideas.

...,,. of the Two Mr. AGutzsrs
The pna.;Ielly Different Ideas.
.- j., M English tailor shop the other
VIZ, on1 the proprietor, as n crownins
mornins i, favor of his sartorlal pro
ars,ll',, ,roiucetl IL pair of trousers "foi
due'1on,;t The size OF the trousers
Nr. I".1 III nv attention, and a little invcs-
at'f's.. at. ,,,i to the interesting discovery
tisa'so,,' o,ono v;rc two Mr.. Pulitzcrs in
tEat n.d that while Mr.. Joseph Pulitzer
laiis' ,,a, liyiu. in state at the Hotel Eris-
mas .'.;,,, "a his 1inc apartment, his courier,
'ol VIZ ~ A15crr Pulitzer. ol The New
e.t. .,. lJnrrj,g Journal, has also been liv-
lo1:. =, 1,,tr. though more quietly, at the
NY - Iyotel. he too having his fine apart
,,ant and hi; courier, which ;'il goes 10
how Ihow: First, that is !, great thlng TO have
.1arac CIRCULATION and second. that tho
n,r;s correspondent OF Tho Morning Jour
asl does not write the society notes IN The
l;algnani's Messenger.
The onin.ons Of these two cnIncnt jour-
nol;sts on the newspapers OF France arc
~ 'l',r1 course most interesting. Mr.. Joseph
ptzer spoke as follows on the subject:
Won want my opinion on French news
,,ncrs, Well. l cam give it to you very
ppu;rtly. Think it is simply disgraceful
tho tho Kind of thing which they produce
here They arc newspapers in name. but
neusu,pcrs ne with th1c,cws left ont. They
MINT neither homo news nor foreign news,
r r f,ct they print nothing but stories and
.ssays. They have no enterprise. Why
his latc disaster to the Champagne at
Hayr was hardly noticed by them. I
ha1 to get the details from the scanty
little English papers pointing to the
Galignani and the Morning News. Now
an American newspaper which understood
isbusincss would have had /. man ON tho
not BY the very first train to interview
ue officers. the captain and the pas
spgers. to get photographs OF the scene,
etc,, and to send off complete account
lg telegraph, regardless Of expense. Nc,
,ir Itlon't think much of French news
npers, and, by the way, I don't think
much more of their English rivals.'
MI. Albert Pulitzer has decidedly diff
ferert IDEAS Oh the same question. II
know that it is the fashion," hc said, "to
condemn French journals on The ground
that they arc deficient in what we call
news. OF course it is evident that in
this respect they are q long way behind us;
but attribute it not to any lack Of enter
prise cn tho part Of editors and propric-
lors-far frp:;, n-but to the fact that
they recognize that the general demand is
ior something quite different. People in
France have not got TINT terrible thirst for
news which consumes us ut home; they
ale not at all in a hurry to know about
accidents and crimes before it is ncccs-
sary. and even then they don't want ~
treat mass Of sickening details. In many
ways their tastes are more elevated than
Olrs. For example, The Figaro will PRINT
Two columns Oh II new play by Alexanlrc
Dumas, and will employ one of the most
stinsushed literary men in tho country
70 write the criticism. There i. another
7eat difference; in France all the great
writer's contribute to the newspapers. and
lhese men arc paid as mllcl, as 500 to
sl:,00O year. The result il that Il first
class French newspaper becomes really Il
Vehicle for the transmission Of the highest
order OF literary, scientific and artistic
'nonshl. and certainly that is very much |
more than We can say Of our American
laper;, even the best OF them. ''-paris
Tor. Philadelphia Times.